Visitor figures soar at National Museum of Korea amid Korean wave boom

The National Museum of Korea welcomed more than 2-point-7 million visitors during the first half of this year its largest figure in two decades.

It's also an on-year surge of over 64 percent.

The number of foreign visitors also hit an all-time high during this period at almost 100-thousand.

The museum is linking this trend to rising global interest in Korean culture fueled by Korean content such as K-pop and K-dramas.